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Free North Carolina College Applications To Select Colleges Now Open

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NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 23: Immigration volunteers (L), give advice during a Citizenship Application Assistance Day event on March 23, 2013 in New York City. More than 150 legal immigrants, all with green cards, turned out for the event at La Guardia Community College in the Queens borough of New York City. The event was sponsored by CUNY Citizenship Now!, an immigrant advocacy organization in the City University of New York. CUNY expects to greatly expand the program if national immigration reform passes. At Citizenship Application Assistance Day events, volunteers, including immigration attorneys, help immigrants with the complicated process of becoming U.S. citizens. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

As a parent, the time comes around once in a lifetime for your child to apply for college. Today, select North Carolina state colleges open up free applications.

There is a short window for this to be done. It opens today October 17, 2022, and closes on October 21, 2022. The question I’m sure comes up as to which colleges are offering this opportunity and what is the process for this. Both questions have simple answers. Here is a list courtesy of Charlotte on The Cheap of the colleges your future student can apply to offer this.

  • Barton College
  • Belmont Abbey College
  • Bennett College
  • Brevard College
  • Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
  • Campbell University
  • Catawba College
  • Chowan University
  • Davidson College
  • East Carolina University
  • Elizabeth City State University
  • Elon University
  • Fayetteville State University
  • Gardner-Webb University
  • Greensboro College
  • Guilford College
  • Lees-McRae College
  • Lenoir-Rhyne University
  • Louisburg College
  • Mars Hill University
  • Meredith College
  • Methodist University
  • Montreat College
  • North Carolina A&T State University
  • North Carolina Central University
  • North Carolina Wesleyan University
  • Pfeiffer University
  • Queens University of Charlotte
  • Saint Augustine’s University
  • Salem College
  • Shaw University
  • St. Andrews University
  • University of North Carolina Asheville
  • University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  • University of North Carolina at Pembroke
  • Warren Wilson College
  • Western Carolina University
  • William Peace University
  • Wingate University
  • Winston-Salem State University
  • All 58 NC Community Colleges

In order to apply, please visit cfnc.org. Good luck! College is a special time for anyone if college fits for you. Application fees can begin to get expensive if you decide to apply to multiple colleges. This is an awesome way to apply to a ton of schools and it be beyond affordable. It becomes free.

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List: The Best Colleges In North Carolina According To US News

What are the best colleges in North Carolina? There’s no perfect college because no one student wants or needs the exact same things. What makes a particular academic institution stand out to one person may be exactly what another doesn’t want. And choosing which school that is can be a daunting task. Even creating a list of universities to visit and apply to can be overwhelming. That’s why U.S. News creates its Best Colleges rankings each year. And last year they released their rankings for 2022-2023.

To create these rankings U.S. News analyzed over 1,850 colleges and placed them in four overall ranking categories. These include National Universities, Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, and Regional Colleges. The rankings in each category are based on factors that are indicative of academic quality. This includes such metrics as graduation rates and faculty resources.

Best Colleges In North Carolina

So back to North Carolina. We’ve got some major recognizable names when it comes to universities. In, fact, in the sports world North Carolina has 4 undefeated college football teams right now 3 weeks into the season. Like many states, sports are a big driver for many of the dozens of colleges and universities across the state of North Carolina. It was a huge factor in my college selection. One that was the best decision I ever made. But returning to academics, North Carolina has options of all sizes including large research universities, midsize colleges, and small private liberal arts colleges. You can choose an institution in a big city, a small town, the mountains, or the beach.

Returning to college football for a moment, coincidental the top 4 national universities in North Carolina are those same 4 teams that are undefeated right now. Another interesting statistic is that our state is home to the number one overall regional university in the south. That’s pretty awesome! Keep reading to see where your school made the list. First, you’ll see the list of North Carolina National Universities, then Liberal Arts, and finally Regional Colleges/Universities.

 

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